Beauty & Spa Naspa Ski Garden in Yuzawa Alena Eckelmann Yuzawa Onsen has 16 ski resorts, about 30 hotspring baths and numerous hotels, pension, ski lodges and ryokan (traditional Ja...
Culture Omodakaya Mingei Museum Justin Dart The Omodakaya Folkcraft museum has a vast collection of everyday commoner tools from the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Ca...
Activities Okazaki Fujikawa Juku Chris Glenn The 37th station on the old Tokaido lives on! Okazaki's Fujikawa Juku is being reinvigorated!
Activities Get a 360 at Icinomiya’s 138 Tower Chris Glenn The people of Ichinomiya have a sense of humor, and at the least you'll get a 360 at Icinomiya’s 138 Tower, if you get the jo...
Shopping Okazaki's Shrine to the God Of War Chris Glenn Okazaki's Shrine to the God Of War, where Ieyasu prayed before each battle, is now eerily quiet...until the samurai return ev...
Activities Mountainboarding at Fujiten Anonymous Fujiten Snow Resort is one of the few places in Japan where you can enjoy mountainboarding in the summer season.
Activities Fuji, the Floating Antarctic Museum Chris Glenn At Nagoya Port is a huge, orange icebreaker with a helicopter on deck. The Antarctic survey ship, Fuji is now a museum!
Activities Monkey Business in Ancient Inuyama Chris Glenn There's monkey business going on at at Japan Monkey park
Shopping Centrair, Nagoya's Int'l Airport Chris Glenn 28 mins by train south of Nagoya on an artificial island is the Central Japan International Airport, better known as Centrair.
Activities Stairway to Heaven, Jakkoin Chris Glenn First the steep path to the top will take your breath away,...then the view will! Inuyama's Jakkoin Temple!
